Atomizer.



- No. 7|2,2|4. Patented Oct. 28, I902.

c. A. TATUM.

ATOMIZER.

Application filed Dec. 16, 1901.)

(No Model.)

WITNESSES: INVENTOR UNrrEn- STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES A. TATUM, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO WHITALL TATUM COMPANY,OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

ATOMIZER.'

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters iatnt No. 712,214, dated October2s, 1902.

Application filed December 16, l901- Serial No. 86,073. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. TATUM, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and

5 State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin'Atomizers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to atomizers, and has for its object to improveparticularly the connection of the atomizer proper with thebottledadapted to contain the liquid to be atomize The invention will befully described hereinafter, and the features of novelty pointed out inthe appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1is a central sectional elevation of an atomizer embodying my invention.Fig. 2 is a plan thereof, and Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of athimble forming part of my invention.

A designates the bottle or other receptacle having a neck A, providedwith an external screw-thread A The atomizer proper comprises an outertube or air-tube B, at the lower end of which is formed a casing B,containing communicating chambers B B From this casing projectsdownwardly a cengotral hollow plug B screw-threaded externally to alinewith the screw-thread A on the bottle-neck. A shoulder B is formed atthe junction of the casing B with the plug B The bottom of the hollowplug B is formed by a Wall E, provided with one or more eccentricapertures B by which the chambers B B communicate with the interior ofthe bottle A, and the bottom B further has a central screw-threadedaperture. Into this aperture screws the upper end of the lower portionof the liquid-conveying tube, this portion having one or more apertures0', through which it may receive the liquid from the bottle A. The upperend of the tube portion 0 is also screw-threaded internally to receivethe lower end of the upper portion 0 of the liquid-conveying tube. Thistube extends within the air-tube B and is supported at the delivery endthereof by a contracted o portion 13 of the outer tube. On this portionB screws a perforated cap D, through .as shown.

which the atomized liquid is ejected. The portion 0 has a flat side 0 toallow air to pass into the cap D.

The casing 13 is. provided with a tubular projection 13*, adapted forconnection with a flexible tube E, leading from an air-compressing bulbF.

As above stated, the outer screw-threaded surface of the bottle-neck Aand of the plug 6o 13 aline or are flush with each other, and thesesurfaces are engaged by a thimble G, which may be smooth upon its outersurface, The lower edge of the thimble is adapted to engage the shoulderA at the junction of the neck A with the body of the bottle A, while theupper end of the thimble is adapted to engage the shoulder 13 of thecasing B. Between the bottom B of the plug B and the mouth of the bottleA, I interpose a compressible washer H.

The thimble G not only gives a neat finish toithe connection of theatomizer proper with the bottle, but permits of adjusting the partsaccording to varying lengths of the neck A. I may either first screw thethimble on the bottle-neck until it touches the shoulder A and theninsert the plug 13*, or I may first screw the plug into the thimble andthen apply the thimble with the plug upon the neck of the bottle. Therelative dimensions of the parts may be such that it will be impossiblefor the end of the plug to exert too great a pressure on the mouth ofthe bottle, as the shoulder B can be arranged to engage the thimble Gbefore the washer H is compressed too much.

I have described the liquid-conveying tube as made of two portions C andthese portions are shown in the drawings as separate 0 pieces connectedby a screw-joint. I desire it to be understood, however, that the twoportions of the liquid-conveying tube may form a single piece.

I desire it to be understood that while in 5 the drawings 1 have shownthat form of my invention which I believe to be simplest and best, I donot restrict myself to this particular construction, since changes andmodifications may be made without departing from the spirit of myinvention.

Having thus described my invention, I de- '2. The combination with abottle having a screw-threaded neck and a shoulder adjacent thereto, ofa chambered plug having a screwthreaded portion, and a projection orflange above said screw-threaded portion, a thimble arranged to fit onthe bottle-neck and on the said plug between the shoulder of the bottleand the flange of the plug, and atomizing means connected with the saidplug.

CHARLES A. TATUM.

Witnesses:

H. H. TATUM, W. A. HARPER.

